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Comorbidity clusters and in-hospital outcomes in patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction in the USA: A national population-based study

Zghebi, Salwa S.; Rutter, Martin K.; Sun, Louise Y.; Ullah, Waqas; Rashid, Muhammad; Ashcroft, Darren M.; Steinke, Douglas T.; Weng, Stephen; Kontopantelis, Evangelos; Mamas, Mamas A.

Authors

Salwa S. Zghebi

Martin K. Rutter

Louise Y. Sun

Waqas Ullah

Darren M. Ashcroft

Douglas T. Steinke

Stephen Weng

Evangelos Kontopantelis



Contributors

Amirmohammad Khalaji
Editor

Abstract

Background: The prevalence of multimorbidity in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is increasing. It is unclear whether comorbidities cluster into distinct phenogroups and whether are associated with clinical trajectories. Methods: Survey-weighted analysis of the United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) for patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of AMI in 2018. In-hospital outcomes included mortality, stroke, bleeding, and coronary revascularisation. Latent class analysis of 21 chronic conditions was used to identify comorbidity classes. Multivariable logistic and linear regressions were fitted for associations between comorbidity classes and outcomes. Results: Among 416,655 AMI admissions included in the analysis, mean (±SD) age was 67 (±13) years, 38% were females, and 76% White ethnicity. Overall, hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), dyslipidaemia, and diabetes were common comorbidities, but each of the identified five classes (C) included ≥1 predominant comorbidities defining distinct phenogroups: cancer/coagulopathy/liver disease class (C1); least burdened (C2); CHD/dyslipidaemia (largest/referent group, (C3)); pulmonary/valvular/peripheral vascular disease (C4); diabetes/kidney disease/heart failure class (C5). Odds ratio (95% confidence interval [CI]) for mortality ranged between 2.11 (1.89–2.37) in C2 to 5.57 (4.99–6.21) in C1. For major bleeding, OR for C1 was 4.48 (3.78; 5.31); for acute stroke, ORs ranged between 0.75 (0.60; 0.94) in C2 to 2.76 (2.27; 3.35) in C1; for coronary revascularization, ORs ranged between 0.34 (0.32; 0.36) in C1 to 1.41 (1.30; 1.53) in C4. Conclusions: We identified distinct comorbidity phenogroups that predicted in-hospital outcomes in patients admitted with AMI. Some conditions overlapped across classes, driven by the high comorbidity burden. Our findings demonstrate the predictive value and potential clinical utility of identifying patients with AMI with specific comorbidity clustering.

Citation

Zghebi, S. S., Rutter, M. K., Sun, L. Y., Ullah, W., Rashid, M., Ashcroft, D. M., …Mamas, M. A. (in press). Comorbidity clusters and in-hospital outcomes in patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction in the USA: A national population-based study. PloS one, 18(10), e0293314. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293314

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 9, 2023
Online Publication Date Oct 26, 2023
Deposit Date Oct 30, 2023
Journal PloS one
Print ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher Public Library of Science
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 18
Issue 10
Pages e0293314
DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293314